Yes, today was a great day for the Treasure Coast Soaring Club located in Vero Beach , Florida. We had checkouts in the ASK21, gave instruction rides in the 2-33 and had solo flights in the 1-26 as well. Over twenty tows today in our first advertised day of club flying. This is a great location,...

Does anyone know what ever happened to the 180hp Pawnee that Jeff owned. Where is it today?

The Treasure Coast Soaring Club will soon have a new house thermal. Florida Power And Light is in the process of building a 400 acre solar power plant within 3/4 mile from our airport. Heat from this type of farm should make for a great house thermal. Anyone out there with experience flying over...

Where would one start looking for a new canopy for an old KA-6?

Anyone out there have a used radio for sale that would be willing to sell or donate to our 501-C3 club? Need radio with harness. Bob 772-453-9999

TCSC held its first annual meeting last Saturday the 2nd of December at the club hangar located in Vero Beach, Florida. Our year old club has 58 members and we are growing beyond our projections. Our new BOD was elected and club duties were discussed and accepted by members. We plan to buy our...

World class pianist Sergey Belyavskiy took to the skies for Florida today to join the ranks of a potential glider pilot. Sergey who has competed in such venues as the Van Cliburn competition and other world class competitions was a guest at the Treasure Coast Soaring Club in Vero Beach, Florida....

There is a group of individuals work toward starting a soaring club in the Treasure Coast area of Florida. We have been given the opportunity to lease a large hangar that could store several assembled sailplanes and a towplane. If you are interested in this opportunity just drop me a note and plan...

Modern sailplanes have evolved through the years and many older have lasted the test of time. During the 1970's Schelicher produced what I call the, "Greatest Of All Time", the ASW20. Production began around 1977 and immediately sailplane pilots were joining the ranks of owning the sleek beautiful...

Things are finally looking better for a spring Florida soaring season. As of today I am glad to announce that the surface water and the air is dryer that it was last year at the same time. Last year December was a disaster because of torrential downpours. This year, we are still way above yearly...

As the distribution of the vaccine begins what will be the impact on the soaring community and events such as contest and club activity. I for one will be very happy to get the vaccine, I will roll the dice and look at the benefits vs the uncertainty. Would you be more prone to attend an event...

Yes, 2020 was a special year, so much turmoil in the world, Covid , Trump, even Michigan football took a huge fall. Glider ports were shut down, contest were canceled, production of gliders was interrupted, what more can we expect. I posted a sign today at the gliderport that all pilots should...

This past week a very nice gentleman came to our club and offered his services as an instructor and ride pilot. Let me say this, this sport needs more people like Chuck Waldo. Sorry that it was so cold here today Chuck, ha ha . Take care of yourself in NH, come back to Vero Beach soon and we will...

Let me say that I wish all of you a very safe and wonderful Thanksgiving. Don't be ashamed if you must add a bit of weight in the tail to get the cg better after your feast. Take care, may you all be healthy and enjoy this wonderful holiday. Bob

Our club is currently in the initial stages of rebuilding a LS3A , we are in need of a rudder. The two ships that we have will be used to make a very nice sailplane that will be used for our members and youth glider development program. If any of you have or know of a rudder either whole or...

Just a bit of information about Florida weather, as to date we are about 26 inches ahead of normal rainfall for the year. Now this is a big problem when it comes to soaring during the spring. We really need to dry out quick to have some good spring soaring weather. If it dried out tomorrow and...

Our club is in need of transporting a glider enclosed in a trailer from NJ to Florida or in between. I will pay the expenses or reasonable charge for the delivery. I could meet the transporter in NC or SC if needed. My understanding is that it is a clam shell road worthy trailer with a damaged...

It is a pleasure knowing that the Yellow Gorilla is headed to Byron, California tomorrow morning. My beloved Pawnee will be wheels up in the morning, best of luck to a great bunch of people . Bob

I have been working on the horizontal stab and the two elevators for the past two weeks. I have never seen such difficult gel coat to remove. I am no rookie at gel coat, have done many boats and a bit of glider repair, but this is a beast to remove. It took me six full days to remove the gel coat...

As I had posted earlier the 2021 Everglades Invitational Soaring Safari is scheduled to be held in March of 2021. We have two possible locations that we are in discussions with at this time that would allow for a week or 10 days of dynamic soaring in the South Florida area. I would like to limit...